Colombia: DIAN issues resolution on MAP

05 September, 2019

On 13 August 2019, the Colombian National Tax Authority (Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales, DIAN) has published Resolution No. 000053 in the official gazette which establishes Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) to avoid double taxation and

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Colombia: DIAN issues ruling on tax treatment of stock dividends

07 August, 2019

Recently, the Colombian National Tax Authority (DIAN) published Ruling 014495 of 6 June 2019, which sets out tax of profits in shares or stock dividend. The ruling includes the following points: Article 30 of the Tax Code (TC) provide the

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Colombia publishes new thin capitalization rule

19 July, 2019

On 26 June 2019, the Government of Colombia published a Decree 1146 of 2019, concerning the new thin capitalization rules which amended the previous law 1943 of 2018. The new Decree 1146 of 2019 includes the following measures: The thin

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Colombia: DIAN publishes procedures to submit the TP return, Master file, Local file and CbC report

19 June, 2019

On 22 May 2019, the Colombian tax authority (DIAN) published regulations for the submission of the Local file and Master file, the Transfer pricing (TP) return, and the Country-by-Country (CbC) report notification corresponding to the 2018 tax year

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Colombia: DIAN simplifies the scope of new thin capitalization rule

16 May, 2019

On 5 April 2019, the tax Authority (DIAN) of Colombia published an opinion No. 8159, concerning the scope of the thin capitalization rule, ratification with the Financing Law (Law 1943 of 2018). Accordingly, as from taxable year 2019, the thin

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Colombia publishes a decree on deadline of tax filing returns and tax payment for 2019

30 April, 2019

On 8 April 2019, Colombia issued Decree 608 of 2019 in the Official Gazette that provides rules on the filing of returns for the net worth tax between 26 September 2019 and 9 October 2019, depending on the last digit of the Tax Identification

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Colombia: Tax Authority updates forms for filing tax returns in 2019

20 March, 2019

On 7 March 2019, the National Tax Authority (DIAN) of Colombia published an administrative regulation and updated the withholding tax return forms (Form 350) for 2019.  According to Annex 2, the following payments are made to resident in

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Colombia: DIAN publishes transfer pricing return and other forms for 2019

13 February, 2019

On 15 January 2019, Directorate of Taxes and National Customs (DIAN) of Colombia published Administrative Regulation 000004 of 2019 to provide the following form for filing a 2019 tax return: Informative transfer pricing return (Form 120);

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Colombia legislates the tax reform Bill for 2019

15 January, 2019

Colombia enacted tax reform (Law 1943-Tax Reform) on 28 December 2018. The Tax Reform makes numerous changes to the Colombian tax rules that generally apply from 1 January 2019. The tax reform includes following changes: Corporate tax: The Tax

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Colombia: Tax authority publishes decree regarding tax return and TP documentation deadline

10 January, 2019

On 27 December 2018, the Colombian Tax Administration (DIAN) has published Decree No.2442 specifying the deadlines for filing and payment of the tax return (declaration) for 2019 and the deadline for transfer pricing documentation, including

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Colombia updates late payment interest rate for September 2018

31 August, 2018

According to an Administrative Regulation 1112 of 2018, the effective monthly interest rate for late payment of taxes has been set at 27.72% and valid from 1 to 30 September

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Colombia: Radical Change party submits a tax reform bill to Congress

22 August, 2018

The Radical Change party, a political party of Colombia submitted a tax reform bill to Congress. The bill contains following proposals: Tax residence The bill would eliminate the requirement to base a company’s tax residence on the company’s

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Colombia issues resolution on Local file and master file submission

09 August, 2018

CbC reporting requirement-Timing: On 30 July 2018, Resolution 40 of 26 July 2018 was published in the Official Journal. Accordingly, if a constituent entity is required to submit a specific transfer pricing form (form 120), the CbCR notification

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Colombia updates late payment interest rate for July 2018

11 July, 2018

According to Administrative Regulation 0820 of 2018, the effective monthly interest rate for late payment of taxes has been set at 28.05% and valid from 1 to 31 July

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Colombia: New resolution for CbC reporting

05 July, 2018

On 21 June 2018, the Colombian National Tax Authority (DIAN) issued a draft resolution concerning the obligation to notify country-by-country (CbC) reporting responsibilities. Resident taxpayers are required to file informative transfer pricing

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Colombia issues ruling of CFC exemption

17 April, 2018

The tax authority of Colombia (DIAN) published a ruling regarding whether the exemption for controlled foreign company (CFC) dividend income paid out of profits from real economic activities will apply if the dividends are paid by a subsidiary of a

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Colombia: New income tax return form for 2017

27 March, 2018

The Colombian national tax authority (DIAN) published a new income tax return form 110 for tax year 2017. The tax payers are obliged to file their income tax return electronically using form 110. DIAN has also published a revised informative

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Colombia issues regulations on CbC reporting notification requirement

11 January, 2018

The tax authority of Colombia (DIAN) published Decree 2120 of 15 December 2017 concerning the obligation for taxpayers to inform the tax authorities whether they are required to file the Country-by-Country (CbC) report. The CbC report filing

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